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The Price of Making a Real Gundam

heero117 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:52:12 MDT

dude i seriously almost crapped my pants when my friend showed me this today. its my dream come true, the only problem is i dont think my garage is big enough to fit a gundam AND my car

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Saviour_Gundam — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:05:16 MST

Jeez if it costs THAT much imagine how much it would cost to build a Psycho Gundam, hell a MK 2 Psycho Gundam.

In any case, so I'll bet I can guess why people in the anime flip out when they're mobile suites are stolen

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Calbeecrunch — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:23:30 MST

wow. now thats pricey.

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ibu — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:06:01 MST

Well with the weak US dollar at the moment I think I can just about afford two... yeah I'll take two please.

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Sparkamus — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:33:47 MST

Gundams are pretty, but I think I perfer Half-Life 2's Striders and Hunters and Ghost in the Shell's Tachikomas and other (larger) Multi-ped tanks. For one thing, they are more technically plausible from an engineering standpoint.
And as odd as this may sound, from a military standpoint, they are probably more survivable in a battle than a Gundam (one made of real world materials). An Abrams tank could **easily** track a 60ft Gundam with its gun, fire, and deliver debilitating blow.

Where's the 60ft Gundam going to hide? It's too tall to hide behind most trees and buildings. It's too heavy to zig zag (the ground would collapse when it jinked left or right). Gundams also present a huge area to fire at. A 60ft Gundam would be murdered by air support, as well. Oh, and if you take out a Gundams foot or knee, it's out of commission.

I think a Strider would fair far better. For one, it can actually hide and easily lower itself to hide behind one or two story buildings. When it moves, it is inherently unpredictable in its walking pattern. Also, unless the Abrams uses a shell with a proximity fuse, a Strider's thin legs and small thorax present very small target areas. A Strider has less armor, but with thise comes much less surface area. And as long as most of the critical motor parts are in the upper segments of its legs, a Strider could probably continue to fight even if it lost most of a leg or two.
Ditto for the Tachikoma and Hunter.

A smaller Gundam (35-50ft) trying to fight it out in the desert, or any other place with little cover, would also be murdered. In a future battlefield, I think mechs have a place--but it isn't in open space.

Tachikomas and Hunters would probably perform brilliantly in a place like Iraq for MBT and troop escort.

Of course, the biggest problems for all of these mechs is developing small, light motors that can respond quickly and powerfully and developing AI/sensors capable of coordinating a mechs movement and balance.

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Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name. — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:07:34 MST

That sounds too low.

I don't get why Japan is so nuts about Gundam. It seems to be all about fangirl baiting these days.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

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RedRaptor — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:02:05 MST

Tough call for my personal army:

6 F-22A Raptor Air Superiority Fighters,

-or-

1 Wanzer/BattleMech (no weapons)?

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xuratu — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:44:59 MST

It probably says a lot about my own selfishness and narrow vision of the world to say that $750 million seems like a pretty reasonable amount of money to pay for a Gundam. If I ever strike gold while I'm panning out here in the American West, I hope I make at least $751 million so I can give a million to charity, because I'd be damned if something as small as my conscience was going to keep me from my mechanical death machine. (Even if all it could do was walk.)

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Zombie_Moogle — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:24:10 MST

the little kid in me that fell in love with Mobile Suit Gundam just reconsidered hanging himself!

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Mikey G — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:02:26 MST

Ohh that's just nutty. Next stop, Jehuty.

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GaijinWarrior — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:31:22 MST

@Black-Dog-Howls: 00 is pretty damn awesome so far me thinks, especially compared to SEED. X is still my favorite.

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finder39 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:17:05 MST

Wow, i'll uh stick with the game

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comedy — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:26:54 MST

but just think of how much money you'd make! you could save the world, carry really heavy large stuff, bash things, wage war (lucrative).. and of course rob banks!
money well spent i say

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Eirias — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:04:53 MST

@Relee: Assuming that the cost of development has already been paid for as a sunk cost, an F-22 Raptor, which, to my knowledge, is basically top of the line for the US airforce, costs around $125 million.

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Relee — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:53:08 MST

Uhm, isn't that less than most fighter jets currently cost the U.S. air force?

Clearly America should invest in super robots.

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dbsboy — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:05:10 MST

I can only afford a ball with two cannons

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Black-Dog-Howls — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:39:58 MST

@Jilkon: They do use fusion reactors. At least the fictional ones. Too bad we don't have Minovsky type Ultra-Compact Fusion Reactors.... but then we couldn't stab things with beam sabers because they would go boom and that boom would be too boom-y and because these are UC suits and most of us aren't anywhere close to being NewTypes we don't have a plot shield to protect us and we don't have any Seed or Wing off switches either.

At least there will be a real-time death scene that isn't overly dramatic like Seed. =3

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AoE — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:59:25 MST

@godpyre: ... So? Who cares about practicality?

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pandafresh — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:57:36 MST

the reason why we need giant robots as opposed tanks/nukes is that they dont work in space, duh!

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hrabbit — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:41:32 MST

@EightBit:
its about 123,813,675 hours or 5,158,903 days or 14,133 years lol sounds bout right but it only takes a second to think about controlling a massive robot and destroying the planet :D

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Odin — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:42:59 MST

When we have compact portable fusion reactors maybe. It'd be a much more realistic expectation to get these working in space though since there'd be a lot less worries about structual stability. Either way how would you come up with a decent control system that'd actually take advantage of the units capabilities. Short of a neural interface or a less silly mobile trace system it'd be pretty hard to get the most out of it.

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Grahamunculus — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:41:51 MST

Okay, on the count of three. 1, 2, 3 IT'S A GUNDAM!

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physalis925 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:00:17 MST

think of the power!

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Jilkon — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:56:32 MST

@Black-Dog-Howls: Pretty sure the lunar titanium is just titanium hardened in close-to-zero gravity. But yes, titanium would be far superior to aluminum since it's also quite light and way way stronger. A robot of that weight would probably need a fusion reactor or something to power it though :<.

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Witzbold — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:49:37 MST

[www.youtube.com]

Its just a concept demo of what its "suposed" to be like when they had the online version running ages ago.

If I had the $$$ I would so re-open the studio that was incharge of that project and try to start something new. Hell would love to get incharge of an arcade version of the Front Mission series going.

Got some insane ideas goin on thats why.

I remember back in 99 I had contacted From Software if they would have been interested in making an arcade verison of Armored Core. Ah well, whats funny though is the general basic designs that I had and ideas seemed to have formed up into whats now the gundam arcade games. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Senjo no Kizuna. Although some points seemed to have been simplified to allow greater accesibility to the general public and such.

But man a front mission arcade game in a similar manner would be great.

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Mecharine — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:46:32 MST

@Horsefly: Not super impossible, just unreasonably expensive. There are working fusion reactors, you know.

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Witzbold — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:41:32 MST

I think if anything a great game that would show the closest thing we might get to mobile walking tanks would be Steel Batallion / Tekki.

With the controls plus the movement of the things it might be possible.

Cept man would those be maverick / hellfire magnets though. Unless they had some serious ECMs on em.

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Witzbold — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:36:50 MST

@NoBullet: I had thought his project stopped due to massive lack of funding? I remember visiting his webpage several times before to see how things were doing and remember reading that the project is on ice for now.

The military has a new exo-skeleton thats being worked on, cept it doesnt have its own portable power supply yet, but it seems to greatly assist in lifting heavy objects.

[www.engadget.com]

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Kcet — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:22:38 MST

price of gas for hybrid car, 40$
cost for diesel truck, 138$
the look on your face when you see the price to fill up your gundam: priceless

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Kcet — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:18:18 MST

@Witzbold: mmm wanzers, though i could go for armored cores as well, full customization FTW

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Darien_Shields — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:08:28 MST

Just get a Lagann and power it with your Burning Heart. That couldn't cost much, and you could make a robot big enough to toss galaxies around.

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Frank — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:08:22 MST

@Witzbold: Heh heh, seconded. The FM series even has its own history as to how the Wanzers came about.

If you're talking far-future, you want the Enders.

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NoBullet — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:04:16 MST

There's some guy in Alaska already making one. Not that big, but it actually works.

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DarkLuigi — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:03:28 MST

DeathScythe That Is what I want it is awsome, or the gouf, those are awsome

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DarkLuigi — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:54:56 MST

It is Well worth it if it works it will be the ultimate weapon !!!!!!!

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Tadashi — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:31:04 MST

@tripur:
This does not include taxes and living costs.
Maybe we can write it of the tax as "expenses to be awesome".

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mattjop1033 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:14:32 MST

@GenRedLeader: Hey, i'm and engineering student and I don't care if it's impossible. Besides, I'd want Jehuty from Zone of the enders anyway.

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tripur — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:52:35 MST

@EightBit: based on a $8 an hour minimum wage that's about 90,538,750 hours of good ol' burger flippin.

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lamusiqa — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:48:45 MST

Gundam? Meh. I'd rather fork out that money for one of those mashed up Armored Core robots. Awesome shizz.

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Guizzy — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:44:25 MST

How much for my own Veritech? I'd even settle for a paltry VF-1!

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Witzbold — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:28:10 MST

@Black-Dog-Howls: RGM-79G GM COMMAND 4 LIFE BABY

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Black-Dog-Howls — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:18:14 MST

@Witzbold: We going all out now? Zaku II baby. Zaku II.

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Witzbold — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:17:38 MST

@Tadashi: They just need to get the portable power supply, and balancer issues sorted out. The power bit I assume will take quite some time though.

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Tadashi — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:05:48 MST

@Herodito:
The advantage of mechas is their high mobility in every terrain and customisability. Where a tank has to turn, a mecha makes a step sidewards.
The main armament can be switched and reloaded in short time and the computersystems can help greatly in combat. Theoretically you can attack two targets at once with large caliber weapons. It hasn't to be 18 meters high, ~12 meters are actually enough and makes them even faster and harder to target.
A light-equipped version can be also useful for recon missions. Drop them with a chute in a near forest where normal vehicles can't move in.

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Mario's Pants — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:57:42 MST

how much for just an Astroboy?

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Witzbold — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:56:31 MST

@Black-Dog-Howls: Screw that, its all about the GMs baby!

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Black-Dog-Howls — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:51:28 MST

@AlKusanagi: A man's mech is a Ball. You heard me. A Ball. Only a real man could fight in a Ball.

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AlKusanagi — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:49:14 MST

Feh... Call me back when you've got a pricetag on a Valkyrie. Now that's a MAN'S mech!

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ビッグボス — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:45:32 MST

Hmm, I guess I better start working on researching Minovsky physics for them...

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Herodito — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:40:01 MST

I think the problem with it will not be building it, but the fact its size will make it an easy target for current weaponry.

There is very good ammo and weapons out there that cost way less money than US $750 Mill that could be effective.

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Black-Dog-Howls — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:39:57 MST

@Black-Dog-Howls: Also, according to MAHQ, most of the mobile suits are built on empty frames. Also, a good majority are designed specifically as space units. Many required heavy modifications to achieve any decent mobility on Earth. Hence why you have the RX-78 Ground Types in 8th MS Team.

Later suits, during CCA, couldn't even operate on Earth, Aside from maybe the Jegan and GMIII, no other suit in use was suitable for Earth operations. Nu-Gundam wouldn't be able to work on Earth with out any modifications. Though blame the introduction of Bits/Funnels and Fin Funnels for ZZ and CCA.

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Black-Dog-Howls — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:33:03 MST

@Electroqueen: Gundarium was just Luna Titanium renamed in honor of the RX-78-2. Though, the more they add to the canon the more it seems like it should be called Amuronium since there were five more RX-78s during the one year war but the RX-78-3 never saw battle, RX-78-1 was destroyed. RX-78-4 and 5 were both destroyed in their first, and second battle. We all know what happened to RX-78 NT1. Alex totaled it and killed Bernie.

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KeroseneClimax — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:30:44 MST

Screw a fully functional RX-78. I want Weltal.

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Witzbold — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:23:11 MST

If there was going to be any possible mecha in our time Id have to say it would be the Wanzer design from the front mission series.

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Electroqueen — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:18:50 MST

@pandafresh: The UC used "Gundarium alloy." I don't why they didn't call it "Gundanium" but hey whatever floats their fancy.
Besides, the first Gundam was made of Lunar Titanium, titanium made on the mooon!
Now about Gundarium, sounds to me like it's LT, but better.
About the MSs being able to stand up under their tremendous weight, I'm pretty sure it's because they also run on Helium.

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JaLooNz — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:10:26 MST

Obivously we must have built the grunt units before the Gundam. They should be much cheaper.

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Witzbold — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:01:05 MST

@Kirbytheslayer: Proud Norwegian Defense Force Supporter: Do you hold a degree in engineering?

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pandafresh — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:58:11 MST

Gundanium alloy was only used in the crappy Gundam Wing series. in the original MSG, no such thing exists

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Black-Dog-Howls — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:23:33 MST

@GenRedLeader: If only for preference I think I would stick to a mech the size of Arm Slaves from Full Metal Panic seeing as they can actually operate with in the environment. Perhaps Gasaraki sized, or other 'miniscule' mechs in comparison to the giants of other series.

Oh, by the way. Why stop at Nu-Gundam? Go straight for the RX-93-2 Hi Nu instead. It's not like you can achieve atmospheric flight with any mobile suit in the UC verse unless it's V2, or a transforming suit like Zeta. Plus, if we go all out, we can get Turn-A and Turn-X working... Though that would result in a 2000 year dry spell with no technology and somehow we end up in an 1800s steam punk world with people living on the moon wearing silly outfits and Zakus hidden in mountains.

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GenRedLeader — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:17:51 MST

Heh. It never surprises me how quickly these threads fill with whiny Engineering student wanna-bes and what nots needing to tell anyone in earshot what a "horrible" and "impossible" idea mobile suits are. [ROLLS EYES] I'm sure the Wright Brothers probably heard a lot of that too before they got their rickety lawn mower to fly. :p As for BattleMechs, I prefer to call them by their Robotech name which if you ask me was pretty accurate... Destroids. Why? Because they got DESTROYED a lot! XD Except ironically for the biggest one of all, the Mark II Monster. That thing NEVER died. XD Except for when they used one for target practice in Macross Plus, but it wasn't even moving. :P Walking anti-aircraft guns or tanks are nothing more than cannon fodder to actual Mobile Suits and Super Robots. Power, manuverability, and elegant designs? How could you go wrong? XD But getting back to the article at hand....

I'll take EIGHT!! And let me know when Nu's available for purchase! Nothing can beat the power of Fin Funnels! NOTHING!!!! .....Except Final Dynamic Special... Quick! Somebody invent the Photo Atomic and Getter Ray Institutes!! XD

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Black-Dog-Howls — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:14:09 MST

@Furious_Liver:TF2 name i_have_fleas. Frag me!: That one is supposed to be God Hand/Finger. I've forgotten.

Ideon and Turn-A could take down anything though. Start dividing by 0 or just Moonlight Butterfly into the apocalypse.

@ZenGrenadier: Screw Eva units. Go Ideon is so much more emotastic nonsense into an apocalypse. It's god like mecha from another planet that destroys the frigging universe.

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Bergerac — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:34:24 MST

Starts reliving lost Autobot Mausoleum childhood nightmares.

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djt23 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:21:45 MST

i would like to polite it

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Zen Grenadier — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:51:13 MST

Screw a gundam. Give me an EVA. Where's my instrumentality and loli clones of someone's wife!?

A metal gear is fine too.

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fecalchaos — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:49:14 MST

I hope that cockpit estimate includes cupholders and fuzzy dice.

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JudgeNutmeg — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:47:50 MST

I'l have 2, one for me and one for the wife to go shopping in. They come in pink, right?

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Komrade_Kayce — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:44:47 MST

Why dont they just buckle down and start building Metal Gears. The realistic-ish ones (Rex?) from MGS1.

The wide leg stance and the slow movement, combined that it can only fire its rail gun arm when stationary, leads me to beleive its not too impossible sounding. And it would be pretty damn sweet to see armies of them.

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PlayerX — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:32:16 MST

That's a bit pricey for my budget. Guess it's back to the used-car ads for me!

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Vyse — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:19:07 MST

Running on fuel? Seems like a waste of a few gallons. Regardless, I can't wait to see it in action when complete.

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Tadashi — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:05:40 MST

@Kirbytheslayer: Proud Norwegian Defense Force Supporter:
Funny how this comes up over and over again, but nobody actually posts any data to support this statement.
Following this, I say construction cranes have to be highly unstable because the are extreme high and should never be able to lift anything. That they are only made of a some steel beams and a few cables doesn't help.
Also, 18 meters are overkill, 10 meters should be enough for a mecha.

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Chef — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:32:20 MST

Stomping the cars of the unbelievers: Priceless

Chef

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Chanaluss — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:29:22 MST

now how much for the AMX-004 Qubeley? i figure funnels and the psycommu shouldnt cost too much more than the suit itself =x

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Chewbenator — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:22:15 MST

@Shoemaster: Yeah but B-2 bombers also have weapon's delivery systems and stealth. Plus a crap ton of computer systems in order to make the plane flyable. I'm sure the price of putting guns on this thing, not to mention the development costs of making it work would far outweigh the cost of traditional military weapons.

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Seita — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:16:21 MST

Bill Gates, if you have a heart you will put this in production immediately.

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CyRevenant — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:15:44 MST

pfft, to hell with gundams and battlemechs.

Give me a spritely, nimble Tachikoma over them any day.

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FP Furious_Liver, lacks independence — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:15:10 MST

@Black-Dog-Howls: [www.youtube.com] Hell yes.

FP Furious_Liver, lacks independence

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Paustinj — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:07:58 MST

Shit, One Wing Zero Custom, Freedom, or Exia could single handely win any damn war on the planet, finding a pilot on the other hand would be the hard part. :/
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Although I would totally volunteer >.>

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Shoemaster — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:04:46 MST

B-2 bombers cost up to $2.2 billion, so a Gundam might not be a bad investment.

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Kcet — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:04:03 MST

@Horsefly: isnt everything nowadays? pink lasers, pink explosions.... spaceships.... im seein a trend here

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Kcet — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:02:25 MST

@WiggyDee: lol i totally remember that show, in fact..... what's that i smell?

oh its just mtv's new show: pimp my mech, with your heero yui...... on second thought lets just go with xzibit. heero would proly suggest that they put in self destruct or sumthin <__<

Kcet

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Shijirou — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:00:18 MST

@CenatorC: Atlas mechs? As much as I like Mechwarrior, the Atlas is too slow, overheats a lot, can't jump without the aid of jump jets and has very robotic like movements as opposed to a Gundam that can pretty move just like a real human being and wipe out entire squadrons of mobile suits in one massive energy blast.

And in case you are wondering, yes I'm a Gundam fanboy...

Shijirou

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Kobi — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:58:50 MST

Gundanium is for punks. Gundarium/Luna Titanium is where it's at. Nice to see some Gundam fans here, but also sad to see so many with *cough* low knowledge. XD

Kobi

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Mit — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:58:00 MST

@Kirbytheslayer: Proud Norwegian Defense Force Supporter:

Bolol

Mit

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Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:53:56 MST

@Furious_Liver:TF2 name i_have_fleas. Frag me!: Actually, think of it this way.

For $60 billion(the original estimate for the price of the war in Iraq(Which was quickly passed), you could get over 60 of these. With 60 gundams, they could have won the war, stayed under budget, and easily keep health care.

Man, they should have just asked anime and gaming fans to design the war plans.

Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB

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JayD16 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:48:52 MST

Isn't that only 3 F-22s?

This wouldn't be a gundam unless you made up a new alloy and called it gundanium. Its just a mobile suit. Also, from what I remember not all mobile suits are nuclear powered. Usually only gundams were so the fact this one wouldn't be seems fine.

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Lavastine — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:48:41 MST

Considering that any gundams made would be government projects then the cost is really quite small, round it up to 1 bil total with labor, 10 times as much for the first one and R&D, and it's still not too bad. 1 stealth bomber costs the US multiple billions each. So 1 bil for a giant killer robot is really not a bad deal.

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Horsefly — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:48:01 MST

@Black-Dog-Howls: 0080 was also a very excellent series. Nice and gritty is the way I like it. I can't understand these emo Seed kiddos nowadays. Yes, I get that computer coloring is a wonderful advancement in the world of teh animes, but does everything need to be in fucking bright neon? The eyes, they bleed.

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Cucco — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:46:09 MST

runs on gas?? lame.

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BPMο — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:45:17 MST

@Black-Dog-Howls:
Okay!

BPMο

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FP Furious_Liver, lacks independence — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:41:04 MST

@Nayl: Yeah, when I first read that I ran to my piggybank and started counting the coins. But then I read on and got a sad face. ):

Yaknow these things aren't all too expensive! (minus the beam sabers and such) The government should get to work on a few of these. Screw healthcare!

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monkeytail41 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:40:31 MST

I could totally get one of those on the cheap on craigslist.

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Jcnet — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:40:11 MST

Oh and if this thing doesnt come equipped with a 1080p TV I'm sending it back to the manufacturer I ordered it from!

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Jcnet — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:39:13 MST

I'd imagine that to equip a gundam you'd have to use similar weapons to what is found on Naval ships. Anyone know how much Naval grade battery cannons cost?

Jcnet

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Konatsu — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:39:09 MST

"Aluminum alloy (honeycomb) $79,000,000"

Don't you mean Gundanium alloy?

Konatsu

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Black-Dog-Howls — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:37:06 MST

@Horsefly: I started with g'd ol'UC0079. Gundam W was the one I saw after going through 0080 War in the Pocket. Killed any possibility of me liking New Mobile Report. No one trumps Kampfer. Nobody.

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Horsefly — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:33:59 MST

@Black-Dog-Howls: See, I started out in the late-night Toonami days with Gundam Wing. A Gundam pilot for me is a 15-year-old killing machine, ironically named after a pacifist, who breaks bones and keeps going cause he's hardcore like that.

Horsefly

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Black-Dog-Howls — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:32:59 MST

@Black-Dog-Howls: RX-78** <.< My bad.

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RabidWombat — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:32:32 MST

@muscrat_01: BattleMech would probably be cheaper, too. They seem to be more realistically and simply designed.

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MrGlass — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:32:10 MST

Damn, i saw $725 and I went nuts. I'd totally pay 725$ for a gundam. $725 million.... not so much.

MrGlass

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Nayl — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:31:52 MST

Only $725? Amazing! I'll take 3!

Or is that just another typo bashcraft? You'll never get rid of the hotdogs at this rate...

Nayl

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muscrat_01 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:31:12 MST

Damn cool.

I rather a BattleMech though :P

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Trowble (XBL/PSN) — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:30:46 MST

Great, let's mass produce these babies and put them in a war like setting and call it Dynasty... oh wait

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Black-Dog-Howls — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:29:53 MST

@Black-Dog-Howls: Also, since it's RX-72, we need an emotionally damaged NewType pilot.

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Black-Dog-Howls — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:29:01 MST

@Horsefly: They don't use that. At least not in the Universal Century timeline. At least not Nuclear energy. They use compact Minovsky Particle Fission Reactors if memory serves correct. Bit rusty on my UC thanks to the Gundam fan in me being killed by Seed and OO.

Snake uses the Minovsky Particles in MGII to jam all radio signals.

Black-Dog-Howls

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Phester — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:28:12 MST

...crap, there goes my dream of having my own Gundam when I'm 80, instead of a crappy wheelchair...the world will never see the awesomeness that was to become "Gundam Alzheimer"...

Phester

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Horsefly — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:26:29 MST

Also, why isn't the cost of a highly trained and emotionally damaged unit of child soldiers included in the price? A semi-sapient war machine can only be safely piloted by a child FYI.

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Black-Dog-Howls — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:24:15 MST

Wait, Japan built RX-72 before Char's Zaku II? How... could you Japan? Also, where is that Luna Titanium Alloy (Gundarium) and Minovsky Particle Fission Reactors?

Damn it, some one Bright slap these people now!

Black-Dog-Howls

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goldwings — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:21:36 MST

That's awsome, but I pefer a Mazinger robot :p -> look at avatar

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Garo — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:21:20 MST

No, no, no I won't accept this!
A real Gundam is made of Gundanium alloy...

Garo

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Horsefly — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:19:38 MST

@altgod: Yep, they utilize what is is commonly referred to in the scientific community as "teh fusionz." Which is super impossible with our current level of technology.

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CenatorC — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:17:15 MST

@ALTGOD nope i think they have fuel cells or something like that.

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Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:17:12 MST

@altgod: Okay, add $1.5k and hire the boy scout for free.

Not enough of a difference to be listed.

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WiggyDee — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:16:02 MST

Damn, Pimp my ride is going to go Megas XLR on someones ass.

WiggyDee

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altgod — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:15:13 MST

Aren't Gundams nuclear powered?

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CenatorC — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:15:06 MST

An Atlas Mech with quad PPC's and a Gauss Rifle will take down any Gundam!!!!!

CenatorC

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Godpyre — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:14:24 MST

Bi-pedal robots are awesome in games and whatnot, but in reality...completely impractical.

Godpyre

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K-Squad! (Badass Edition) — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:14:03 MST

*waits for the estimate to build a real transformer*

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kaskeon — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:12:35 MST

if it comes with XM radio, then i'm sold!!

kaskeon

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Sento Naninaki — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:11:49 MST

Damn, guess I'll have to opt out for the cheaper RX - 77 'Guncannon'

Sento Naninaki

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thespyderboy — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:11:09 MST

Now that's a spicy meatball!

thespyderboy

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FP Shindokie — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:10:17 MST

Where's is my wallet? There it is. Why does it have Bill gates i.d in here. Ohh well. Yes can i get one Gundam Model please.

FP Shindokie

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NitrousO — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:10:15 MST

I always hated gundams. The thought that the legs would probably buckle under the weight with the crap they pull in that show makes the engineer in me angry. Hell, just the act of walking might be too much for it.

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EwilTwin — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:10:10 MST

I could use it for morning traffic.

EwilTwin

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Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:09:28 MST

Do they factor in the fact that something like that would be incredibly structurally unsound?

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Naelok — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:08:15 MST

Guess I should start saving up.

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EightBit — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:08:10 MST

Hmm, how many hours of minimum wage is that?

EightBit